Cigarette-tipping machine.



S. PALMOWSKY. GIGARETTB TIPPING MACHINE. APPLICATION EILEE NOV.2B, 190a. RENEWED no. 12, 1911.

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5f; 44. @flwua In vento'r by Atty COLUMBIA PLANOORAFH c0., WASHINPTON, D cv s. PALMOWSKY CIGARETTE TIPPING MAUHINE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 28, 1908. RENEWED D30. 12, 1811.

S. PALMOWSKY.

CIGARETTE TIPPING MACHINE. APPLIOATION FILED uoxnza, 190a. RENEWED no. 12, 1911.

Patented June 30,1914.

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JMM Mk Inventor: by Qfic-q m Attj COLUMBIA PLANOOIAMI 60., WASHINGTON, D. 4..

STANISLAUS PALMOWSKY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CIGARETTE-TIPPING MACHINE.

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Application filed November 28, 1908, Serial No. 464,890. Renewed December 12, 19 11.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, STANISLAUS PALMow- SKY, a subject of the Czar of Russia, residing in the borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette-Tipping Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in cigarette tipping machines and has particular reference to the wrapping and tipping mechanism.

Referring to the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a cross section with parts left out illustrating the cork feeding mechanism and other parts. Fig. 2 is a plan view partly in section. Fig. 3 is a front elevation partly in section. Fig. 1 is an enlargement of some of the parts illustrating part of the cork feeding and shearing devices. Fig. 5 is an enlarged view illustrating the operation of the shears. Fig. 6 is an enlarged diagrammatic view illustrating the movement of the mechanism for advancing the cork, Fig. 7 an enlarged view with parts broken away illustrating part of the cork feeding attachment, Fig. 8 another diagrammatic view illustrating the movements of part of the cork feeding attachment and Fig. 9 is a detail of the connections for the cork feeding mechanism.

67 is the cork paper preferably wound in a roll and mounted as shown at 105 passing over the roller 106 at which point it is Wet by the piece of felt 107 protruding from the holder 108 which also serves to take off the dust from the paper, thereby enabling the paste to act more effectively. The cork paper 67 continues downwardly around the roller 109 mounted in the bracket 110 which is retained by the spring 111 against the roller 112 operated by suitable gearing as shown. The paper is then suspended by a counter-weight 112 passing upwardly over the roller 113 and under the pasting roller 11 1 fed from the paste box 114 and between the roller 116 and the roller 115, spring retained as shown and thence into the machine.

The rollers 109 and 115 are held against the cork strip passing between the same and the rollers 112 and 116, respectively, and are Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 36 1914;.

Serial No. 665,394.

rotated frictionally by the movement of the strip. The rollers 112 and 115 are positively driven, one suitable manner of so doing being shown in the drawing as follows: The shaft 25 is provided with a gear 26 meshing with a gear 27 upon which the roller 112 is mounted. The roller 116 is mounted upon shaft 32 which carries the gear 32*. Interposed between the gear 32 and a pinion 28 on the shaft 29 which carries the gear 27 are transmission gears 29*, 30 and 31, whereby motion is transmitted from the shaft 25 to both rollers 112 and 116. This motion is intermittent by reason of the fact that the transmission gears 29 30 and 31 are mutilated-the purpose being to intermittently rotate the feed rollers 112 and 116 in consonance with the operation of the hereinafter referred to cork feed devices. The gear 29 may be thrown out of mesh with the pinion 28, whenever desired, by manipulation of the handle of the pivoted support which carries the said gear 29 as shown in Fig. 9.

Referring now particularly to Fig. 41 it will be seen that the cork 67 passes over the sliding carriage 63 mounted in the bearing 64, said carriage being provided with the finger 65 mounted in the bearing 73 and which rests upon the table 66 also mounted upon the carriage 63. 68 is the upper and movable jaw of a suitable pair of shears. 71 is a shaft suitably driven as shown in Fig. 2 and carries cam 7 0 coacting with roller 69 mounted upon the carriage 63, so that upon each revolution of said cam said carriage reciprocates against the action of the spring 63 (see Fig. 6) carrying with it the finger 65 and table 66 between which the cork is held and progressed. After the cork is brought forward the desired distance to feed to the shears a suflicient quantity of strip to constitute a cigarette tip the finger 65 is raised by the action of the cam 70 upon the cam roll 7 1 at the end of the arm 7 2 attached to the finger 65, so that the finger recedes free of the cork to again take hold of the same and advance it as before.

The fingers 65 in coiiperation with the table 66 feed the cork strip forward a predetermined distance, and the free end of the strip is disposed within the sphere of action of grippers and 56, as shown in Fig. 1. In Fig. 4: the position of the parts are shown just as the fingers and table 66 are about to project the free end of the cork strip into the field of operation of the fingers 55 and 56. When the free end of the cork strip has thus been fed, the fingers 55 and 56 are operated, to close upon and support the said free end of the cork strip while the operation of the shears to sever the cigarette tip from the strip is being performed. l/Vhen that tip has been severed, the grippers 55 and 56 are caused to move and deposit the severed tip upon the seat or table 98 over which and in contact with the tip the end of the cigarette is subsequently disposed. lVhen this has been accomplished, the rippers 55 and 56 are caused to separate and return to their initial position for a repetition of the described operation.

The described movements of the grippers 55 and 56 may be caused by any suitable means timed for action to accomplish the sequence of operation just described, and this may be done in any suitable way, one such being shown in the drawing, wherein the grippers 55 are shown of separated arms carried by a yoke frame 5 1, see Fig. 7, provided with a stem 53 fitted to move in a suitable guide provided in a block 60, which stem at its lower end is provided with a roller to work against a cam 51 carried by a shaft 50 having a gear 62 meshing with a mutilated gear 61 adapted to impart the desired intermittent operation of the grippers 55 and 56, and which mutilated gear 61 may be driven in any suitable way (not shown) from the main or other shaft of the machine. The grippers 55 and their supports are calculated to be of sufficient weight to hold the roller 52 in engagement with the cam 51. The gripper 56 has arms corresponding with those of the gripper 55 carried by a stem 57 which moves also through a suitable guide in the block 60, and provided at the lower end with a roller 58 working against a cam 59 on said shaft 50. If desired, this gripper 56 may be held with its roller 58 in contact with the cam 59 by the aid of a spring, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, and, of course, if desired, a spring might be utilized to hold the roller 52 in contact with the cam 51.

The earns 51 and 59 are so arranged upon the shaft that they cause the grippers 55 and 56 to close upon the free end of the cork strippreparatory to transferring the same when severed to the rest or seat 98, to then separate and return to their initial position for a new cycle of operation.

The forward movement of the gripper arms, after they have gripped the free end of the cork strip to deposit the same when severed from the strip onto the seat 98, may be caused in any suitable way, one such being shown in the drawing, see particularly Fig. 8, wherein the grippers 55 and 56 and the box in which the same move in their opening and closing operations are carried by a slide which has a roller adapted to be acted upon by a cam to cause the forward and retrogressive movements pictured in full and dotted lines in said Fig. 8 of the drawing. The slide and its roller may be held in coiiperative relation to the cam by means of a spring similar to that, 65,, which performs a similar function in respect of the carriage 63, its roller 69 and the cam 70.

The movable jaw 68 of the scissors is mounted upon bearing 75 (see Fig. 5) and said jaw is operated by the arm 76 having roller 7 7 held to the cam 78 upon the shaft 79 by the spring 76.

80 is a standard from the frame-work of the machine provided with a slide bearing 81 (see Figs. 3 and 5) having a vertically reciprocating shaft 82 retained by spring 83 and connected with lever 84L provided with roller 85 and pivoted to lever 86 also pivoted to lever 87 which in turn is pivoted at 88 and held by spring 87 said lever 87 being provided with roller 89 coacting with cam 90 on shaft 7 9, so that upon each revolution of the shaft 7 9 the roller85 is swung from right to left looking at Fig. 8. Said rod 82 is also provided with roller 92 coacting with cam 93 pivoted in the standard 80 at 9 1 and operated by its roller 95 coacting with cam 96 upon the shaft 97, thereby imparting a vertical movement to the roller 85. 102 is a suitable ram or plunger operated by the lever 103 pivoted at 104:-. This facilitates the correct adjustment of the cigarette during the tipping operation.

98 is the jaw or seat into which the end of the cigarette rests and is pivoted at 99 to the framework of the machine as shown in Fig.

1 and is provided with roller 100 operated by cam 101. From this it will be seen that as the machine is set in motion the cork is fed between the jaws of the shears which cuts off the proper length for each tip, after which the jaws 125 and 126, one of which is slightly longer than the other, rise and approach one another thereby wrapping the cork tip around the end of the cigarette as set forth in Letters Patent granted to me the 19th day of January, 1909, No. 909,931. It has been found that by lengthening one jaw slightly that the lap necessary for pasting the cigarette is more readily formed. The operation of these jaws otherwise forms no part of this application. This tip having been previously pasted and the roller 85 now descending and sweeping across the same by the action of the lever 87, the tip is secured and another strip of cork is cut on and the cigarette discharged and another one replaced for the second operation, and so on. Of course it will be understood that various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a cigarette tipping machine, means for feeding cork paper into the machine, a dust remover to clean the same, a feed regulator and a tension device to control the feed, pasting means and a second tension device to advance the paper, a reciprocating table and fingers to place the paper in position to be cut, shears to cut the required length of paper, a pair of jaws one of which is slightly longer than the other to wrap the paper around the end of the cigarette, and a roller to fasten the paper down.

2. In a cigarette tipping machine, means for feeding cork paper into the machine, means for cleaning and controlling the paper as fed, a tension device for moving the paper and a reciprocating table and fingers to place the paper in position, means for cutting 0d the required length of paper, means for folding the same so as to lay one edge of the paper over the other, and means for fastening the paper down.

8. In a cigarette tipping machine, means for feeding a cork paper strip into the machine, means for cleaning the paper strip, means for moving the paper and controlling the feed of same, a reciprocating table and fingers to place the strip in position thereon, a stationary cutting jaw, a pivoted cutting aw, means for oscillating said pivoted jaw to cut-off the required length of paper, means for folding the same so as to lay one edge over the other, and means for fastening the paper down.

4. In a cigarette tipping machine, means for feeding a cork paper strip into the machine, means for cleaning and controlling the paper strip as fed, a tension device for moving the paper, a table, means for reciprocating said table, fingers movable with said table to place the paper strip in position, a stationary cutting jaw, a pivoted cutting jaw, means for oscillating said pivoted jaw to cut off the required length of paper, means for folding the same so as to lay one edge of the paper over the other, and means for fastening the paper down.

5. In a machine for applying tips to cigarettes, means for feeding a suitable length of strip material to the tip cutting mechanism, cutting mechanism for severing the free end of the strip thus fed to constitute a tip, means for grasping and holding the free end of the strip material while being severed by said cutting mechanism, a support for a cigarette end, and means for operating said grasping and holding mechanism to secure the deposit of the severed end of the strip upon said cigarette end support, substantially as described.

6. In a machine for applying tips to cigarettes, means for feeding a suitable length of strip material to the tip cutting mechanism, cutting mechanism for severing the free end of the strip thus fed to constitute a tip, means for grasping and holding the free end of the strip while being severed by said cutting mechanism, a support for a cigarette end, means for operating said grasping and holding mechanism to secure the deposit of the severed end of the strip upon said cigarette end support, and means for causing said grasping mechanism to release said severed strip end after the cigarette end has been deposited thereon, and to thereafter assume a normal position for a sequence of the operation.

7 In a machine for applying tips to cigarettes, and in combination, a support for a cigarette end and a cigarette tip, means for feeding a strip of tip material into the machine, means for severing a cigarette tip, means for intermittently feeding a sufficient length of strip material to said severing means to provide a cigarette tip, means for grasping and holding the fed-free-end of the strip while being severed, comprising separable gripping instrumentalities adapted to close upon the free end of said strip, means for moving said grasping and holding mechanism after the severance of the strip to deposit said severed tip on said cigarette end support, means for depositing a cigarette with its end upon said support, and means operable after the deposit of said cigarette to cause said grasping and holding mechanism to release the severed tip and return to normal position for a new cycle of operation.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

STANISLAUS PALMOWSKY.

Witnesses:

WALTER OLoWINA, RICHARD MEISTER.

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